President Dr. Lazarus Chakwera has, at the ongoing Zikomo Presidential awards, posthumously given a special award to the late Martin ‘Martse’ Nkhata.
Chakwera has recognized ‘Martse’ for his rap music which they say equally impacted on young people and adults.
Martse died in May 2022, after a fire accident in Mangochi, was a Malawian hip hop artist and beat maker.
He started his music career around 2004 and was highly influenced by Mphatso Katopola aka Dzimbiri of the now defunct KHAMRADZI.
His rap was inspired by the domestic surrounding but with an international earmark he calls the best of all worlds relating to almost everyone.
Martse became well known after releasing tracks like ‘Grace Chinga’, ‘Mwano’, ‘Mwapinduranji’ and many more.
In 2016, Martse went viral after dropping ‘Zikomo’ featuring Fredokiss and went on to release ‘Adidas’ in 2020, suspected diss song on Fredokiss.
2020 shall also been remembered as Martse dropped ‘Mkatimo’, which he featured Hyphen and Barry Uno.
‘Mkatimo’ topped charts on different radio stations, television stations and websites. It was described as an ‘anthem’.
With ‘Mkatimo’, Martse won Maso Awards 2021 best song of the year. His last track was ‘The Way’ which he featured Fredokiss and Njuchi Veda.
